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June 2, 2016
After 17 years of construction, Switzerland inaugurates $12B rail tunnel as world's longest
By JAMEY KEATEN
Associated Press
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On Wednesday, the first train comes out of the north portal of the Gotthard rail tunnel near Erstfeld, Switzerland.
Peter Klaunzer/Pool Photo via AP
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Swiss Federal President Johann Schneider-Ammann listens to German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the tunnel’s northern portal.
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